Management Accountant - UK & Ireland

Glory Global; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Glory Global is seeking a Senior Financial Accountant to provide robust financial accounting and treasury support across UK, Ireland, and EMEA teams, ensuring accurate reporting and timely decision-making.

The role requires delivering month-end journals, reconciliations, cashflow monitoring, and compliance with IFRS16 and internal controls, while partnering with business leaders to optimise budgets and financial planning.

Qualifications

• Full understanding of financial accounting, forecasting, budgeting and reporting.
• Experience in a commercial environment.
• Fully qualified in ACCA or CIMA.

Responsibilities

• Post month-end journals and ensure trial balance accuracy.
• Maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations and contract/customer reconciliations.
• Oversee stock control and quarterly stock provision; support audits.
• Supervise credit control for UK & Ireland.
• Maintain fixed assets register and IFRS16 lease reporting.
• Support treasury and accounts payable; ensure timely invoicing and bank reconciliations.
• Monitor revenue and overheads; flag budget deviations.
• Provide financial insights to cost centre managers and business partners.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and statutory regulations.
• Contribute to interim and annual audit activities.

Skills

Detail oriented

Analytical thinker

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

ACCA or CIMA qualification

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

To provide financial accounting and treasury support to the UK, IRELAND and EMEA Distribution regional teams to facilitate the achievement of business goals within budgeted resource levels and to enhance local decision-making processes through the proactive provision of financial analysis and interpretation.

Key Responsibilities

To provide financial accounting and treasury support to the UK, IRELAND and EMEA Distribution regional teams to facilitate the achievement of business goals within budgeted resource levels and to enhance local decision-making processes through the proactive provision of financial analysis and interpretation.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Calculate and post month end journals, be responsible for the trial balance accuracy and perform subsequent balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage the monthly maintenance income release, maintain an up to date reconciliation by contract and customer number.
• Manage Accounts assistant whose is responsible for stock control process, to include monthly reconciliations, preparing the stock provision on a quarterly basis and to support any External or JSOX audit requirements in regard to stock.
• Manage credit controller who is responsible for UK & Ireland credit control.
• Maintain the fixed assets register and IFRS16 lease reporting for the Ireland entity.
• Support the treasury and accounts payable teams to ensure all invoices are accounted for correctly and in a timely manner. Ensure Bank reconciliations are up to date and accurate. Manage cashflow process.
• Monitor revenue and overheads and, where appropriate, propose corrective action in relation to deviations against budget.
• Support cost centre managers and help to enhance the financial understanding of division assigned.
• Ensure compliance with internal control systems and statutory financial regulations.
• Intrinsic involvement in interim and annual audits.
• Monitor and manage employee incentive schemes (including sales commission, bonus, and profit share).
• AdHoc tasks as required to support the wider finance community.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• High level of computer literacy; MS Office; specifically, Excel
• Experience of working in a commercial environment (preferable)
• Able to demonstrate a full understanding of all aspects of financial accounting, financial forecasting, budgeting and reporting

Qualifications:

Fully qualified in either ACCA or CIMA

REQUIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Highly self-motivated and directed
• High attention to detail and the ability to work accurately
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work under pressure and deliver results
• Team player, relationship building approach and experience working as a 'business partner'